Improvement in machines for finishing leather



i. P. FRIEND.

7 Machine for Finishing Leather. N0. \63,063, PatentedMayli,i875.

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UNITED STATES ATEN'I QFFIGE.

JOHN P. FRIEND, OF PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR FINISHING LEATHER.

Specification forming pait'of Letters Patent No. 163,063, dated May 11,1875 application filed February 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. FRIEND, of Peabody, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inMachines for Finishing Leather, of Which the following is aspecification:

My invention may be regarded as an improvement with reference to thesubject-matter ofthepatent granted to me August 8,1871 machine forfinishing leatherNo. 117,877- that is to say, to so much of said patentas relates to the matter of hanging the pendulous arm. In this patent aslightly-curved bed is used, but in the present application thependulous arm is so suspended that the bed may be made perfectlystraight.

The drawing represents a perspective view of my machine.

' The pendulous arm A is pivoted to the frame B by the links orconnecting-bars N and O, which suspend and guide thevibrating arm, andby which its vertical and vibratory movement is limited. The lower endof the arm A is connected with the foot 0, and carries, with the foot 0,the tool-bar D, which is connected at the upper end with the pendulousarm by the link E. A connecting-rod, F, is attached to the foot (3 andto a crank 0r crank-Wheel, by which a vibratory movement is given to themachine. G represents the bed, and, eX- cept that the surface of the bedis perfectly straight, it does not difi'er from the bed described in thepatent before mentioned; and the other motions of the machine correspondgenerally with the description therein given.

I claim as my invention- In a machine for finishing leather, thecombination and arrangement of the links or connecting-bars N and O withthe vibrating arm A, substantially as set forth and shown.

JOHN P. FRIEND.

Witnesses:

J. A. BASSETT, J. R. NICHOLS.

